Re: Disrupter beam

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

Actually, I saw this one on TLC...they showed one working.  It was a
prototype sort of thing, so this big old Ford had a huge turret or
whatever attached to its front bumper...they blew this thing off, it
looked sorta like a cartoon bomb, and it went under the second
car...poof, a little smoke, and the car stalled.  Kinda neat.....
--
Elliott

Brett Dikeman wrote:
> 
> You guys have been watching "Viper" and "Goldeneye" waaaay too much.
> 
> Pure Sci Fi, and that line about airports and dodge caravans...pure BS...
> 
> Brett
> 
> > I remember a little device that was being tested for police use a while
> > back...
> > It was a small rocket propelled (?) device that would be mounted at the
> > bottom of the front spoiler a la James Bond, and if the police were
> > involved in a high speed chase, when they got to a less populated area
> > they could launch this thing at the car in front of them.  It would get
> > under the engine bay and start letting off horrendous bursts of EMI or
> > something that would fry any electronic components (i.e. ECU, ignition
> > controls, etc) of the car so it would stall.
> > Pretty neat...I wonder if anyone uses these yet?
> > --
> > Elliott
> >
> > Brandon Hull wrote:
> >>
> >> >my conclusion
> >> >is that I must have driven through some kind of force field >that
> >> temporarily
> >> >disabled the ignition system of the car.
> >>
> >> Maybe not ludicrous.  Reading C&D or R&T, or something in a barbershop chair
> >> not too far back, I remember an article wherein the editor's rental Dodge
> >> Caravan refused to start after an overnight in an airport parking lot.  When
> >> the tow truck driver saw the car, he said that this happened "all the time"
> >> with late model Chryslers, and the Dodge mechanics concurred.  "Something"
> >> in the blizzard of radio signals engulfing the car disabled the ignition.
> >>
> >> Brandon Hull
> >> Anyone know a good source for lead foil?